▶️ South Korea-China relations have deteriorated due to economic coercion, security disputes, and trade shifts, including China’s rise as a technological power and its reduced dependence on imports from South Korea. Seoul is struggling to navigate U.S.-China rivalry, which is expected to intensify after Trump returns to the White House.    ▶️ In response to economic pressure from both the T...

► Key causes of deterioration in ROK-China relations: China’s dissatisfaction and concerns over the Yoon administration’s adjustment of the ROK’s foreign policy to respond to intensifying U.S.-China strategic competition and the increasing nuclear threat from North Korea. ► Reasons why China is pushing to improve ROK-China relations: to assist domestic economic recovery, send a warning message ...

►China’s long-term objective will remain to achieve technological self-reliance as much as possible, and for this it is now planning to accelerate the reduction of self-dependence on technological products and services from the US, but also from allies of the US, including South Korea.  ►Maintaining the balancing act the government has promoted until now does not appear feasible in the context of intens...

► Although high-level exchanges between South Korea and China have recently increased, China's policy toward South Korea remains fundamentally one of 'amicable management.' ► In the short term, bilateral relations will be heavily influenced by the outcome of the ROK-China summit, which will take place around the 2025 APEC summit in Gyeongju.  ►The future development of ROK-PRC relations will dep...

► With a recent shift in China’s approach to South Korea, South Korea-China relations seem to be on the mend, although conflict issues in bilateral relations, such as the South Korea-U.S.-Japan security cooperation, and the Taiwan issue, remain unresolved. ► China seeks additional goals through this rapprochement, including economic recovery, weakening the anti-China coalition, and e...